Me & You Too -Catalyst

Bob Harvey
Synergy Books (2006)
ISBN: 9781933538389
Reviewed by Debra Gaynor for Reader Views (8/06)

This book stimulates your senses.  Ordinary print could not tell this story as dramatically.  The author uses color to emphasis emotion.  Life will never be the same when a cat named You Too adopts Justin.  It is a relationship that goes beyond explanation.

The cover of this book catches the eye and tantalizes the reader.  You know something special is inside.  You Too is a cat - a four legged caregiver.  She seems to know what a person needs and gives it.  You Too knows exactly what Caressa needs and begins giving it to her.  Caressa had a brain tumor that left her hand claw like.  Her husband attempted therapy but soon realized that You Too was better at it than he was.  You Too nudges Caressa’s hand and arches her body to cause the claw like hand to move a little farther with each stroke.  This is more than a cat story.  This is a story of animal and man merging together for the good of each other.  It is amazing how just one cat can be the catalyst for so much.

I like this story even if it is a little New Age.  The unique style of writing brings out the emotions that swim just under the surface.  I recommend this story to pet lovers.  But not just pet lovers.  This is a story for all of mankind.  We should learn to work with nature to preserve life, to preserve earth.  We take much for granted.  We over look how in nature, animals and humans can work in synch.  

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